We have a local celebrity that we want to share with you today!!! (in Maureen’s neighborhood!) Owner Heather McDonnell of the Cupcrazed Cupcake Bar (in Baxter Village – Fort Mill, SC), participated in the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars earlier this year. This past Tuesday night, the Food Network aired her episode (Southern themed with Jeanette McCurdy – […]
Ruff Draft: How to make Candy Centerpieces and more….
It’s Ruff Draft Time! If you liked yesterday’s post about Grayce’s 6th Candyland inspired birthday party, you will be happy to see our insider’s scoop on how we made some of the displays. Just an FYI…. the invitation is now available, and the collection will be in the shop this week. We’ve had lots […]
Grayce’s Candyland Birthday Party
Who doesn’t love a reason to eat CANDY??? Today, I am sharing Grayce’s 6th birthday – a Candyland inspired party. Here is a shot of the invitation that is new to the shop here. Grayce insisted on a candy party… and even though she is a little old to still play the classic Candyland game, […]
Ruff Draft: Old Books Turned Spooky, DIY
BOO! It’s Wednesday, weekly RUFF DRAFT time! We are sharing our Haunted Halloween collection this week (Printable graphic collection now available in the shop!) Lucky you – the collection is on Sale! We are offering both of our complete printable Halloween Collections for only $9 each in our shop through the end of September the 11th. We […]
Ruff Draft: The “How To” of Printables – Featuring our Bridesmaids Collection
Over the last week, we have been featuring our latest Bridesmaids themed Parisian “Girls Night In” photo shoot for the launch of Bridesmaids (the movie) exclusively at Target. (9.20.11!) We get a lot of questions on how to use our printable packages. While we do include a full set of instructions with all of our […]
Ruff Draft: Healthy Snack Week
Get excited everyone! We bumped up our Weekly Ruff Draft to Tuesday this week due to a special announcement that will be made very soon! (Stay tuned for our most exciting news yet!!!) Sooooooo with that said…. we are still celebrating Back to School, and wanted to show you some more ways to use our SCHOOL DAY […]
Ruff Draft: The Perfect Back to School Teacher Gift
This week, here in Fort Mill, is BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK. We wanted to show you how to make the Perfect (Start of the Year) Teacher Gift – something everyone can do, cost efficient, and Teachers will LOVE. I asked my mom & step dad last week (who are both Teachers) to see what would […]
A Spa Soiree – Brynne’s 9th Birthday Party
In June, my oldest daughter Brynne, asked me to have a Sleep-over Spa Birthday Party. I am usually not the type of mom who puts on huge birthday celebrations because my kids have summer birthdays. Usually we go on a family trip…. do something special for the day… which doesn’t require taking over my house! 🙂 Don’t get me […]
Ruff Draft: DIY Polyhedrons with Fan Ruffle Embellishments
Today’s RUFF DRAFT is inspired by Maureen’s favorite Polyhedrons, seen in our “I heart Valentine’s Day” photoshoots and “Jeffrey’s Modern Lego Inspired Birthday Party” photoshoots. We have had several questions about these fun accent pieces, so we wanted to share with you this easy DIY project. Maureen asked me to demonstrate the tutorial….. and I of course, wanted to give them a little […]
Ruff Draft: Party Packaging with DIY “Ruff” Style Poms
Today starts our first ever Ruff Draft column…. Maureen and I are thrilled to be able to share some of our “behind Anders Ruff scenes” with you. Since it’s the first article, we thought we would start off with a basic pom (so easy, so simple) – “Ruff” style. As you may already know, we just released a new product […]